{"id":5886,"date":"2025-02-28T03:39:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T03:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fishbuff.com\/?p=5886"},"modified":"2026-02-15T03:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T03:48:07","slug":"new-species-blind-subterranean-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishbuff.com\/fr\/new-species-blind-subterranean-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"New Species Blind Subterranean Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN) together with collaborators from the Indonesian Speleological Society (ISS) and the Indonesian Species Obscura Foundation succeeded in finding a new species of blind cave fish from the Klapanunggal karst area, Bogor Regency, West Java.<\/p>\n<p>The fish named Barbodes klapanunggalensis, has very unique characteristics and is different from other cave fish species. This fish is completely blind, with eyes that have undergone reduction and leave only traces of orbital basins covered with skin. Its body does not have black pigment (melanophores), so it looks silvery white with transparent fins.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fishbuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/oo_1260421.webp\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-large\" alt=\"Barbodes klapanunggalensis\" title=\"Barbodes klapanunggalensis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fishbuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/oo_1260421.webp 760w, https:\/\/fishbuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/oo_1260421-223x300.webp 223w, https:\/\/fishbuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/oo_1260421-9x12.webp 9w, https:\/\/fishbuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/oo_1260421-600x808.webp 600w, https:\/\/fishbuff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/oo_1260421-59x80.webp 59w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Barbodes klapanunggalensis has a relatively long pectoral and ventral fin, as well as axial scales located behind a short ventral fin with a rounded tip. This species shows morphological characters that are highly adapted to dark and isolated cave habitats.<\/p>\n<p>This barbodes species lives in small ponds in caves that are drained by water seeping from the cave floor. These pools have a fine clay substrate and clear water. This fish tends to stay still in calm water, but will actively swim when the water is disturbed.<\/p>\n<p>Barbodes klapanunggalensis is currently only known to live in Cisodong Cave 1, which is located in the Klapanunggal karst area, which has an area of about 66 km\u00b2. However, only 9.96 percent is protected by the Indonesian government in the form of the Bogor Karst Landscape Area.<\/p>\n<h6>Source: brin.go.id<\/h6>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbodes klapanunggalensis lives in small ponds in caves that are drained by water seeping from the cave floor. 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